The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1887-04-07
TIE HADDooK MURDER rRIAI.
KIN Important FITNESS Recalled 10 Gire Adas-
fionoi Testimony.

In I,aporfart Witness R~ca1ed 10 Gire Adat-
tiossai Testimony.
Sioux CITY despatch: The sixth day Oh
tbe great Haddock murder trial Was
marked by no diminution oi Interest,". AS
on Yesterday only q small part Oh '"e
crowd could be accommodated. Inc mum
her of ladies in attendance Is increasing
every day. So great is the anxiety 10 oe
present and hear everything, that the couro
room is generally packed a long Time De
fore the hour for opening and many re'"a'.
standing hour after hour. A number oi
the c~o-conspirators were spectators to-day.
As indicated in yesterdays report the de-
tense had not gotten through with Le@Vi'',
and consequently he was at once rec''iieo
this morning. He concluded on cross-ex-
animation as follows:
am acquainted with Louis Seller DO
not remember o. having q conversation
with him on the morningoI August 2 iooo.
l did not say to him, w ought TO ni."
up some OF these - as we diu III
L~eayenworth when we ended our prohlbt-
ton fight" am not acquainted with u
man named Mat Franciscus md did no0
saw to him, 'tThose fellows want Co whip
the preachers. I am in favor OF killing
them" / did not say to Louis Seller, IL
guess / have put my foot i'll 1t, ana WIN
you give me bonds?" L do not Know Jas
Sprey, a saloon maj at o Fourth street:
| did not 90 to his saloon on August s ana
ask to borrow q pistol. l was in sioux
City when the defendants were indicted.
went TO see Bismarck" in the county Jali.
/ did not say to him. Hello, 'BisniarcK;
how are you getting along? II you have
not got what you want, tell me anG you
shall have it. suppose your vile has no
money by this time. Give me her address
and ] will send her money. You know L
did not shoot Haddock. You saw Arens-
dorf shoot as well as me. | can get you
bonds. but you will have to leave town.
There is no fear of us going TO the pen Is
you stick to that story old you" did
not tell him any OF the above. did not
say to Bismarck" 81 have some witness
ses that will swear to anything want
them IT," dom know where Arensdorf
had the pistol before he shot. was
twenty-five feet from Hnddock when he
was killed. can't say who was standing
nearest me. cant say who the man was
who ran up the street with me after the
shooting.
On redirect examination Leavitt related
the circumstances of Wood and Hill OBJ
tanning his Confession, with which the pub
lie is generally familiar.
L L = Ltd'lbO ntS HtAU Cdltu. DIG
testified: 81 know John Arensdorf when [
see him.. | heard a part OF the conversa-
ton between my husband and Mr.. Arens-
dorf, who were standing beneath my win
dow on Fourth street a few days after the
murder. Arensdorf said he had Just been
before the coroner's jury. He said Henry
Peters would be called before the coroner's
jury next. Arensdorf said Peters was q
damned putchman and could not be fixed
fpF tVIInDcn and that no Nvnil1 Gaul him
to Nebraska and then to Germany. Then
witness told the story about Levitt going
from JOhnsOn's to his room and changing
his clothes on the night OF the murder and
returning to Johuson's. w tness ;denti-
fed the clothing worn by her husband that
night.
Albert Kosnilski alias Bismarck who
made a confession subsequent TO Leavitt,
returning from San Francisco, where
he was arrested as a coDspirator, next tes-
tIfied: L was born in Germany. | came to-
seven years ago and came
to Sioux City i'll 1879. [ worked
in the pork house in the win
time and at driving pumps in sum-
mer. | am 43 years old ant lived on the
west side the night Rev. Haddock was
killed. l know John Arens1orf since COM
ing to this city. / know George Treiber.
keeps a saloon on Fourth street. | have
known Fred Munchrath for five years. He
keeping q saloon whs.I -.addOc was
killed. L know Henry Peters. He worked
with Arensdorf in the same brewery. [
lnew Louis Piath. He was keeping p ST.
Don when the murder took place. | met
george Treiber on the day Of the murder in
ront OF the Barlow block. 1 went into his
with Trciber. / had a talk vita
linn. Treiber and | then came to the court
louse where the Injunction cases against
ne saloonkeepers were being tried. knew
Rev. Haddock by sight. | saw him at the
ourt house the day before the murder. He
vas a witness in a case. | remained at the
curt house about one hour. When we
eft the court house we went up TO Seventh
treet. Treiber pointed put the Methodist
hurch. He said it was the preachers
louse.